ICONS: Hero Pack 2

Ad Infinitum Adventures and ICONS artist Dan Houser are proud to present Hero Pack 2, a second collection of characters created for the game by ICONS fans!

In this 65-page PDF, you'll find 30 characters -- heroes and villains alike -- fully statted for ICONS and illustrated in the signature ICONS style by Dan Houser! In addition, each character comes with a full background write-up, and is also featured as a ready-to-use standee for use in your game!

Be sure to check out Hero Pack 2.5 -- a bonus collection to this volume, featuring more characters and a mini adventure!

A product like this pulls me in two directions. On the one hand, I love seeing what my fellow ICONS fans have created in their own worlds. On the other hand, a book full of superheroes—emphasis on “heroes”—doesn’t actually add much to my ICON [...]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: With the success of the ICONS Hero Pack, it is no real surprise at a Hero Pack 2 came along. All of the art is still provided by Dan Houser, with characters created by ICONS fans, but this one only had 30 slots...which means the [...]

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